The Way I See It, If People

If I Focus On Being An Activist And My Job Is To Be A Rapper, I'm Not Going To Be As Good Of A Rapper. I Need To Focus On Hip-hop And Focus On Making The Music, So That When The Activists Come To Me And They Need My Voice To Create A Platform, Then I've Got Enough People Listening To Me. Not Because I'm Conscious, But Because I'm Dope.

My Musical Influence Is Really From My Father. He Was A Dj In College. My Parents Met At New York University. So He Listened To, You Know, Motown, And He Listened To Bob Dylan. He Listened To Grateful Dead And Rolling Stones, But He Also Listened To Reggae Music. And He Collected Vinyl.

A True Artist Does Not Depend On Radio For Success. A True Fan Does Not Let Radio Determine What They Support

I Don’t Think That Early Hip Hop Stood Out To Be A Social Critique. A Lot Of Fans Of Mine Think That Hip Hop’s Ultimate Responsibility Is To Critique Social Structures.

A Lot Of These People, These Program Directors, Just Like Anybody Else In The World, Even Though They're Supposed To Be Leaders In The World, They're Followers. They Follow What They Think Someone Else Is Doing, Instead Of Trying To Blaze A Trail.